Chapter 43: The Earl's City

On Sunday morning, a carriage with the emblem of "Roaring Wind Wolf in the Sky on a Moonlit Night" on the left and right sides drove out of Fergus Castle, surrounded by more than a dozen cavalrymen.

The carriage was pulled by two sturdy horses, four meters long and two meters wide, and made of light iron and wood.

It is a wood that has the toughness and hardness of iron, but is extremely lightweight, and the price of the same volume is more than ten times that of ironwood, and it is widely used in the manufacture of noble carriages.

Outside the carriage, a layer of brightly colored silk fabric is glued, completely obscuring the wooden structure.

This is the best of the many carriages of the Fergus family, and it is only used when the head of the family travels, and usually Gray and his wife use a one-horse carriage.

In the same elaborately decorated carriage inside, sat Viscount Fergus, Lady Milan, Gray, Sarah, Caroline, and Ellis.

This time, I went to a high-end auction attended by many nobles, so I was wearing a dress.

Gray was wearing a beige fitted dress, with his black hair, blue eyes as deep as the sea, and a delicate and attractive face, which had an inexplicable attraction.

Moreover, on the left and right shoulders of his dress, there are a few lake blue feathers, which set off and make his temperament even more unique.

Next to him, Sarah was wearing a white short-sleeved dress with white flowers on top of the skirt, making her look smart and cute.

Next to Sarah, there is Caroline in a blue dress, which extends down from the chest and gradually narrows, outlining a wonderful curve, elegant and generous.

And Viscount Fergus, Lady Milan, and Ellis, who are wearing dresses, also have their own characteristics, either handsome or charming.

But anyone from an aristocratic family will not have a bad temperament and appearance, the temperament is because of the aristocratic cultivation, and the appearance is carefully selected from generation to generation.

How could an aristocracy, the upper echelons of the social class, be powerful and powerful, and marry an ordinary-looking person?

Therefore, it is very common for handsome men and beautiful women to appear among the aristocracy.

"I wonder if Baron Harris will come over for the auction this time."

Sitting in the carriage, a few people chatted casually, and Viscount Fergus asked Madame Milan.

"Probably not, the Barony of Harris is too far away from here, and my brother shouldn't come over to participate."

Mrs. Milan shook her head.

"That's a pity, the last time I saw Baron Hals was two years ago."

Viscount Fergus said with a little regret.

"I haven't seen my uncle for two years, but unfortunately the last time my uncle came over, the time I stayed was too short!"

Caroline said with a slight smile.

Gray listened quietly to the conversation of several people, occasionally interjecting a few words, and most of the time listening to the conversation of several people.

There is no saying in this world that a husband is called a husband, and Mrs. Milan's full name is Milan. Harris, the Harris family was the family she had before she got married.

This is a baronial family, but unlike the two baronial families of Ricardo and Kiplin in Viscount Fergus, to a certain extent, this baronial family is a little higher.

Because this baronial family was divided by the Marquis of Sidney, it could be recognized throughout the territory of the Marquis of Sidney.

Unlike the two baronial families in the Viscounty of Fergus, they will only be recognized within the Viscounty of Fergus, and once they leave the Viscounty of Fergus, they no longer enjoy noble privileges.

Therefore, in this world, even if it is the same title, the value is different depending on the person who divides it.

For example, if a lord is divided by the kingdom, then he enjoys lordship throughout the kingdom, although the power is not as great as that of the Fergus family, but the scope of power is much wider.

Two strong horses pulled, and the carriage was very light, and the speed of travel was not much slower than that of a normal horse, and after more than three hours, a huge city was in sight.

The first thing that catches your eye is the earthy yellow city wall, which is made of stones glued together one by one, and is about ten meters high, which should be thicker, because Gray has found that there are soldiers wearing uniform yellow leather armor patrolling the city wall.

In addition to this, you can see a few spires of the building, which are higher than the city walls and are exposed.

At the entrance of the city wall, there are a total of three gates.

The middle one, with its double doors, is large enough for three carriages to pass in parallel.

The other two gates, one on each side, could only accommodate one carriage, the left side was used as the entrance to the gate, and the right side was used as the exit to the gate.

On either side of the three doors, there are soldiers wearing yellow leather armor, strong and energetic.

Pedestrians and carriages at the exit gate are allowed to pass directly, and pedestrians can enter the city gate at the entrance, but the carriages have to queue up one after another, waiting for inspection and collecting entry fees.

"Drive-"

The horseman's face was grim, the horseman's head was raised, and the convoy of the Fergus family kept coming towards the widest gate in the middle, and drove in quickly, kicking up a cloud of dust.

And what greeted them was not a reprimand, but the awe-inspiring eyes of the soldiers at the city gate, and the envious eyes of the people who came in and out around them.

There is no need to be inspected, there is no need to pay the city fee, this is the prerogative of the nobility, the Fergus family is a nobleman divided by the Marquis of Sidney, in the Earl of Ford's land, naturally it is also a noble.

"Roaring Wind Wolf? This is the family emblem of the Fergus family, and the people of the Fergus family are seated inside!! ”

"The Fergus family, the Viscount family, the Fergus family?"

"It's actually the Viscount family! It's only one level worse than the lord! ”

Several soldiers whispered in awe.

"Well, if only one day I could build a family like the Fergus family."

A soldier sighed and said his lofty ambitions, but he was greeted with a roll of his eyes.

Nobles, even the lowest-ranking lords, need countless military exploits to pile up, and the rank of the viscount family is two levels higher than the lord.

An ordinary soldier, even if the opportunity is against the sky, it is already the top of the sky to be able to mix with a lord, and if he wants to ascend to the sky and establish the viscount family in one step, it is really only a dream.

The carriage drove into the city, and the main road was paved with stone slabs, spacious enough to accommodate three or two carriages running side by side.

On both sides, there are stone houses one after another, mostly one-storey, with tiled roofs, and some are two stories high, but there are few.

On both sides of the road, there are horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians passing by, and these stone houses on both sides of the road can be heard from time to time, some are inns, some are taverns, and some are selling fresh vegetables and fruits......

From the clothes of the carriage and the pedestrians, it is not difficult to see that these people are quite rich, at least there are very few people with yellow faces and thin muscles.

After traveling more than 1,000 meters along the main road, we entered a side road that could accommodate two carriages in parallel, and finally, there was no road ahead, and the carriage entered a huge square.

The whole square, paved with yellow stone slabs, should be the size of half a football field.

Behind the square, there is a yellow building more than ten meters high, with a huge "Ford Auction House" on it, which should be two-storey, and the yellow stone on the surface is polished very smooth.

The carriage stopped, and Gray and the others stepped down from the carriage, and immediately several people came to meet them, led by a middle-aged man dressed in a similar butler's suit.

"I've seen Lord Viscount, Viscountess, and all the young masters!"

The middle-aged man dressed in a housekeeper's uniform came to the front, and immediately saluted a few people respectfully, and said.

As the steward of the auction house, his eyes are naturally very poisonous, and he is naturally very clear about the family emblems of the nearby nobles, so he can see at a glance that this is the team of the Fergus family.

"The private room has been arranged for you, please come with me!"

Under the leadership of the middle-aged, everyone entered the yellow building, and as for the horses and cavalry, they were naturally entertained.

Arriving on the second floor of the building, I was ushered into a private room with two beautiful maids.

"Lord Viscount, the kitchen has prepared a beautiful lunch, would you like to start eating now, or will you wait a while?"

The middle-aged man still asked respectfully.

"Now!"

Viscount Fergus said lightly that he had been here many times and was extremely familiar with the hospitality of Ford's auction house.

The middle-aged man bowed again and then retired, leaving only Gray and the two beautiful maids in the private room.

Gray looked at the private room, a space of 100 square meters, and the decoration was extremely exquisite.

Frescoes, rune lamps, decorative porcelain, vases with flowers, incense boxes, and a faint incense in the room.

The whole space can be divided into two parts, the front part is a round table surrounded by several chairs, which is supposed to serve as a place to eat.

In the second half, against the wall, one meter above the ground, there is a long skylight, which is inlaid with transparent crystals, through which you can just see the auction table on the first floor.

The whole private room should be convex, so although the private room is on the second floor, it is very close to the auction table, and you can clearly see the auction table.

Next to the transparent skylight is a row of chairs, on which are covered with soft fur, which is extremely soft, and I believe that even if you sit for hours, you will not feel uncomfortable.

"Father, when does the auction start?"

After a hearty lunch, Gray sat down in a reclining chair next to the skylight, drank the after-dinner juice provided by the auction house, and looked excitedly at the first floor.

The auction table on the first floor is not occupied yet, but the stepped seats on the first floor are already occupied.

Unlike the comfortable environment in the private rooms, the stepped chairs are crowded and almost crowded, and the slightly larger hand movements will collide with the people next to them.

"There is no such thing as absolute equality between people!"

Seeing this scene, Gray couldn't help but sigh slightly.

In his previous life, as an ordinary office worker, he never enjoyed special treatment, taking a hard seat on the train, economy class on the plane, and staying in a hotel was the cheapest kind......

In this life, with the status of a noble child, he enjoys all kinds of treatment beyond ordinary people, high-end clothes, maids who serve, and exquisite food cooked by special chefs......

Comparing before and after, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.